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Celebrate 400 years of moon maps for Apollo 11's anniversary (gallery)

The Library of Congress has 400 years of moon maps from around the world. Explore the moon in centuries of maps to celebrate the first-ever human moon landing in 1969.

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You can see Mars, Venus and Mercury near the crescent moon tonight. Here's where to look.

Mars, Venus and Mercury will appear close to a thin crescent moon tonight (July 19), but you'll need to get out right at sunset to make the most of this grouping of inner solar system bodies.

Space

Auroras across the solar system are powered in the same way, Mercury results suggest

The way in which the radiant displays of colors in the sky known as auroras form on Earth may be how these lights arise throughout the solar system, according to new findings from Mercury.

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Elusive exoplanet is 'cosmic sculptor' that carved spiral arms of its star

An exoplanet orbiting a young star is carving out spiral arms in the gas and dust that is birthing its planetary system.

Space

A Fleet of Mini-Telescopes Could Outperform Webb's Ability to Hunt for Habitable Worlds

Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 planets outside of the solar system to date. The grand question is whether any of these planets are home to life.

Inverse

What hit Phobos?

The solar system can be a violent place.

The Canberra Times

The first observed collision of two solar system bodies

On July 16, 1994, fragments from comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 struck the giant planet Jupiter. The impacts, which ended on July 22, provided for a celestial spectacle. A.S.Ganesh tells you more about the first real-time observation of an extraterrestrial collision in our solar system…

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Where did the interstellar object 'Oumuamua come from? Its speed could tell us

The velocity of interstellar objects passing through our solar system, like 'Oumuamua, can be correlated to their chemistry and the type of star they came from.

Space

Researchers discover stardust sprinkled on a nearby asteroid

The dust, which came from distant stars, is thought to be similar to grains that eventually helped form the planets, including Earth.

WEKU

A nearby supernova nearly blew our solar system to bits 4 billion years ago, new research suggests

A supernova that erupted when a massive star died could have destroyed our infant solar system — if it weren't protected by a cocoon of molecular gas.

LiveScience

Probing Uranus Could Help NASA Indirectly Find Planet Nine

If there's a planet hiding in our outer Solar System, its gravitational pull on spacecraft passing through the outer Solar System could give it away.

Inverse

$A new, thin-lensed telescope design could far surpass James Webb – goodbye mirrors, hello diffractive lenses$

A new, thin-lensed telescope design could far surpass James Webb – goodbye mirrors, hello diffractive lenses

Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 planets outside of the solar system to date. The grand question is whether any of these planets are home to life. To find the answer, astronomers will likely need more powerful telescopes than exist today.

The Conversation

The moon and Jupiter shine near Uranus tonight. Here's how to see them.

On Wednesday (July 12), the waning crescent moon will have a busy morning, first meeting up with the gas giant Jupiter before getting the cold shoulder from ice giant Uranus.

Space

Physicist who found spherical meteor fragments claims they may come from an alien spaceship

A physicist from Harvard University has recovered 50 spherical iron fragments from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean that he claims may be material from an interstellar alien spaceship

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How rivers on Titan and Mars flow

There are only three worlds in our solar system with rivers: Earth, Mars and Titan

The Week

The Harvard and Papua New Guinea interstellar meteor row

The removal of fragments from a possible interstellar meteor has sparked a row between scientists from Harvard and Papua New Guinean authorities.

The Hindu

Voyager 2’s closest approach to Jupiter

On July 9, 1979, Voyager 2 made its closest approach to the largest planet in our solar system. Now in interstellar space, Voyager 2 altered some of our ideas about the Jovian system. A.S.Ganesh tells you more about Voyager 2 and its tryst with Jupiter…

The Conversation

Physicist who found spherical meteor fragments claims they may come from an alien spaceship – here's what to make of it

Avi Loeb, a physicist from Harvard University in the US, has recovered 50 tiny spherical iron fragments from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean that he claims may be material from an interstellar alien spaceship.

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Our infant solar system may have survived a nearby supernova explosion

A supernova that erupted when a massive star died could have destroyed our infant solar system — if it weren't protected by a cocoon of molecular gas.

Space

The top 10 Ariane 5 rocket launches of all time

The Ariane 5 is set to fly for the final time on Tuesday (July 4), ending a 27-year launch career. Relive some of its finest moments here.

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From the Lab: French researchers uncover why solar system planets are unlikely to collide

More than 30 years ago researchers discovered that the orbits of the four terrestrial planets in our solar system - Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars - are chaotic. Despite this behaviour, French researchers believe their orbits are stable and the chances of a planetary collision are slim.

Inverse

Billions of Years Ago, a Supernova May Have Nearly Destroyed the Solar System

According to astronomer Doris Arzoumanian and her team, clues to that ancient explosion and aftermath exist in meteorites.

Space

A 'captured' alien planet may be hiding at the edge of our solar system — and it's not 'Planet X'

The cold and mysterious Oort cloud at the edge of our solar system may be hiding a rogue exoplanet, new research suggests.

The Conversation

Astronomers puzzled by 'planet that shouldn't exist'

The search for planets outside our Solar System – exoplanets – is one of the most rapidly growing fields in astronomy. Over the past few decades, more than 5,000 exoplanets have been detected and astronomers now estimate that on average there is at least one planet per star in our…

LiveScience

A 'captured' alien planet may be hiding at the edge of our solar system — and it's not 'Planet X'

The cold and mysterious Oort cloud at the edge of our solar system may be hiding a rogue exoplanet, new research suggests.

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